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This Mary made a grreat booboo last evening when uploading some shots to the NLI stream and failed to make them private so as to release one each day:-( The problem was that we had a number of "Tram" shots together and needed to break up the flow with other interests. Sincere apologies to all those who like a daily chase.

This is a reverse view of this recent shot.

Lovely day in Sandymount when the Streetview was taken.

The company Leverett & Frye dates from 1892.

Ryan, Victualler, #92 is now Michael Byrne and Son, Butcher. Ryan's shop was still there in 1971, according to Thom's!

We have used the presence or absence of tram horses to date many a photo over the years. Today can we focus a little on the working conditions for tram horses back then. We have seen photos of tramway buildings and power stations, but I do not think we have ever seen a Tramway stables or other infrastructure associated with the horses.

National Library of Ireland on The Commons That’s Belfast Central Library on right, built 1888

Opened Thursday 3/02/1887 according to -

"In the 1880’s, two Belfast residents, Paul Hazeltine and Nathanial Wilson, left to the city of Belfast, funds for the establishment of a library and for use in educational endeavors. Those bequests were combined and on February 3, 1887, the Maine State Legislature established the Belfast Free Library. ..."
From - belfastlibrary.org/mission-and-history/

Also - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast_Central_Library

The trams were electrified in 1905, so date range 1888 to 1904

Suck Diesel Excellent, I will update.

From the DIA: Name: CUTLAR, ROBERT ANTHONY Building: CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, PARNELL STREET, CHURCH OF ST JOHN (RC) Date: 1930 Nature: Repairs to tower & other works. Refs: IB 72, 8 Nov 1930, 1011. That doesn't mean the works happened in 1930, just that the Irish Builder published something about them in 1930.

Streetview

3886 is also 1932, according to the archive...

Registrations from wikipedia: ZI 1 to ZI 9999 (Mar 1927 – May 1933);

Great photo Carol, thanks for posting.

This is a photo taken by my dad from a little further up Parnell Street around 1960.